Live Auction 2545500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets
A LATE REGENCY GILTWOOD AND GILT COMPOSITION CONVEX MIRROR
Lot 191 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. AND MRS. FRANCIS D. FOWLER,
WASHINGTON, D.C.

A LATE REGENCY GILTWOOD AND GILT COMPOSITION CONVEX MIRROR

POSSIBLY IRISH, CIRCA 1820-30

Closed19 April 2012

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A LATE REGENCY GILTWOOD AND GILT COMPOSITION CONVEX MIRROR
POSSIBLY IRISH, CIRCA 1820-30
With stag and branch cresting above a molded frame carved with waterleaves and egg-and-dart bordersthe apron carved with a wheat sheaf spray, the applied elements apparently original, possibly formerly with candelarms
41 in. (101.5 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) wide

Acquired from Macy Darling, Washington, D.C., 28 April 1971.

Specialist note

A closely related stag-carved mirror bearing the maker's label of John Bennett, Cork was sold from An Iberian Collection, Part II, Christie's, London, 9 December 2011, lot 532. Bennett is listed as 'Carver & Gilder' at 110 George's Street in Pigot & Co.'s Directory for Cork City in 1824; and later at 46 George's Street in 1845.